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Eder the Blackguard (Fighter/Rogue) - POTD Build Guide

By Lost Sinner

★ Fighter/Rogue (Swashbuckler) - Build Guide for Eder.

★ Main role: Striker, Frontline Crowd Controls
★ Sub role: Off-tank

✎ Team comp: can play well with anyone, best accompany with atleast one more front-liner so Eder won't have to take all the heats and give him breathing rooms to focus on dealing damage.

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✖ Artwork by: Penett Penett

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Category: Characters, Classes, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Weapons

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

★ Showcase Video

✎ Leveling Progression

✎ Equipment / Gear

✎ Abilities Preview

Comments

★ Showcase Video

✎ Leveling Progression

♦ Leveling:

Level 2: Disciplined Barrage
Level 3: Backstab
Level 4: Fighter Stances & Two Weapon Style
Level 5: Confident Aim
Level 6: Blinding Strike
Level 7: Penetrating Strike & Confounding Blind
Level 8: Disciplined Strikes
Level 9: Dirty Fighting
Level 10: Vigorous Defenses & Persistent Distraction
Level 11: Weapon Specialization
Level 12: Charge
Level 13: Armored Grace & Deep Wounds
Level 14: Mob Stance
Level 15: Finishing Blow
Level 16: Improved Critical & Devastating Blow
Level 17: Uncanny Luck
Level 18: Superior Deflection
Level 19: Weapon Mastery & Deathblows
Level 20: Tough

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♦ Civil skills:

Active: Stealth (lead) & Alchemy
Passive: Streetwise

♦ Weapon Proficiency:

Sabres - Mace - Sword - Spear - Flail - Club

✎ Equipment / Gear

✦ Gear:

Fair's Favor (Head): +10% Hits to Crits Conversion and +10% Damage with Sabres/Swords
Claim & Refusal (Neck): +10% Damage dealt with Melee Attacks, +10% Damage taken from Melee Attacks.
Devil of Caroc Breastplate (Medium Armor): -10% Recovery Time, +2 max Power Pool, +2 Armor Rating when Bloodied, Resistance to Constitution afflictions.
✖ Bloody Links or Garari Cuirass can be used as replacement if DoC isn't available to your imported save state.
Ring of Minor Protection: +5 Fortitude, +5 Will, +5 Reflex
Entonia Signet Ring: +3 All Defenses when Engaged (Stack 5 times), +2 Diplomacy
Boosts of Stone: +1 Dexterity, +1 Resolve, Resistance to Might afflictions.
The Undying Burden (Belt): +1 Athletics, +2 Constitution, Grants 2nd Second Wind, Incoming Weapon Damage is reduced by % as health lost (Max 10% DR)
Gate's Crasher (Gloves): +1 Might, 15% chance to knockdown attack on the target when you score a Critical Hit.
Mirrorback (Cape): +10% chance to Reflect spells, +5 Deflection against ranged weapons, +2 Stealth

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✦ Weapon:

Main Weapon Set:
- Grave's Calling (Sabres): +2% Freeze Damage on Hit (stack 15 times), Cast Chill Fog on Killing Vessel (Foe AOE)
- Tarn's Respite (Sabres): +1 Penetration, +15% Damage as Freeze, -1 target Deflection on Hit (stack 10 times)
Second Weapon Set: incase enemies are immune to SLashing
- Kapana Tanga (Sword): +5% Damage as Raw, 10% chance to Daze on Hit, +3% Melee Damage per engaged enemies, +4 Accuracy per engaged enemies, +2 enemies Engaged.
- Stalker's Patience (Spear): +10% Damage to Flanked targets (Increases with Stealth skill), 20% chance to Recovery immediately on scoring Crit, 15% Damage as Raw.

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✦ Alchemy:

Taru Turu Chew: +X Might, +X Dexterity, +X Consitution
Coral Snuff: +X Deflection, +X Reflex, +% Action Speed
Scorching Venom: +X Burn Damage per 3s, apply Sickened on target.
Potion of Spirit Shield: +X Armor Rating, +Concentration.

✎ Abilities Preview

♦ As a Fighter/Rogue:

Eder is a crit-machine with constant debuffs & interruptions that can give enemies hard times doing anything useful. He is packed with high and fast weapon damage attacks, but also very durable due to Fighter nature and Eder base attributes, allow him to hold multiplie enemies on his own.
Eder can fight low at Bloodied if wanted (~50% HP) as a human will get +7 Accruacy and +15% Damage, gear/skill choices can trigger & keep Eder safe at Bloodied: +2 Armor Rating from Breastplate and +% Damage Reduction from Belt, pop Vigorous Defense and Sprit Shield if needed.

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✦ Active Abilities:

Backstab: Eder can start combat from stealth for +100% Damage to put enemies with a man down disadvantage or atleast heavyily injured. It isn't this build main concept but still useful to make use of the rogue tree.
Disciplined Strikes: really good accuracy buff (+5 PER, +50% of Grazes converted to Hits, +25% of Hits converted to Crits)
Crippling Strike: a full attack with good 2 bonus penetration, apply an affliction (Hobbled: -5 Dexterity, Can't run)
Persistent Distraction: enemies who is engaged by Eder will be Distracted that -5 PER, -1 Armor Rating, -10 Deflection. So Eder is qualifed for Sneak Attack (+60% damage) by default and once he scored a Crippling Strike, allow him to quickly able to proc Deathblows with 2 afflictions placed (+50% damage).
Penetrating Strike: a full attack with 20% bonus damage and +4 bonus pen, allow you to pen the hardest armor, best used to proc Deathblows.
Mob Stance: on kill, do a Full Attack to a enemy. When upgraded, -5% recovery time per engaged targets.
Confounding Blind: a full attack that apply debuff with stacking penalty to the target Deflection everytime you attack them when the debuff is up, useful to make high deflection enemies become vulnerable.
Vigorous Defense: +20 to all Defenses, help Eder tank against serious threats.
Charge: a gap-closer that deal stunned everyone on your travel path. Fancy skill, useful to focus down serious threats at the backline and interupt anyone who stand between Pallegina and her target.
Devastating Blow: a full attack with +50% extra damage by default, then +200% damage by percentage of target Heath lost.

✦ AI Behavior Script:

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13 Comments

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SlickDrickle 9 Apr, 2022 @ 5:43am

why blackguard? why not whiteguard. We gotta stop with this woke mentality.

cameldarby2 8 Feb, 2021 @ 7:17pm

Oh - Ok - there is a screen shot in the video at 9:28. Got it.

cameldarby2 8 Feb, 2021 @ 7:15pm

@Deoroot - my question also. Any chance of getting the AI script?

Deoroot 23 Dec, 2020 @ 11:28am

did the behavior scripts on the videos get deleted ?

Lampros 10 Oct, 2020 @ 4:16pm

Yes, I am wondering the same thing as onizorimura.

Shadowheart 31 Jan, 2020 @ 12:11am

Can all of these builds for POE2 Deadfire still work in Turn Base or do I need to make some changes?

((Satan Chosen))=((Endless War)) 30 Oct, 2019 @ 11:32pm

Is this still valid?

Lost Sinner [author] 26 Jul, 2019 @ 4:46am

It likely got nerfed as time passes, i'm aware the game have gone through many changes, even back at release the game already got balance patches weeks after weeks so expect changes in things when looking up old guides or videos.

Vash 26 Jul, 2019 @ 4:40am

Odd, Entonia Signet Ring is a +2 to All Defenses on mine. Thank you for the guide.

Arnaud Future 7 Aug, 2018 @ 7:29am

Great guide and great build! May I suggest you add a section indicating where to get all the specific items you mention? Just to save time to the readers :)

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